Companies having presence in multiple states and distributing common input tax credit with branch offices will have to register as Input Service Distributor (ISD) with GST authorities by April 1, 2025. Through the Finance Bill, 2024, in February, the government had amended Goods and Services Tax (GST) law to say that businesses having multi-state GST registration will have to have themselves mandatorily registered as ISD to distribute among its branches any input tax credit (ITC) for services availed. The mechanism for sharing of ITC is prescribed in GST rules and broadly the common ITC is apportioned in the ratio of turnover of different branches having same PAN. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has now notified April 1, 2025, as the cut-off date for all companies with multi-state branches to register as ISD. Moore Singhi Executive Director Rajat Mohan said the move represents an effort to enhance operational transparency and will help taxpayers to accurately Read The Rest at :